Syria

A U.S.-backed Syrian force said Tuesday it has begun an offensive to capture the northern city of Raqqa, the de facto capital of the Islamic State group, after months of clearing operations. Raqqa was […]

German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday (06/04) it was a scandal that the United Nations Security Council did not pass a resolution condemning a suspected chemical attack in Syria this week which killed […]

The United States, Britain and France on Tuesday (04/04) proposed a United Nations Security Council resolution to condemn a suspected deadly chemical weapons attack in Syria, which diplomats said would likely be put to […]

United States President Donald Trump on Tuesday (04/04) condemned a Syrian chemical weapons attack that killed dozens and blamed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, but did not say how he would respond despite calls from […]

ISIS confirms death; Arab media outlet says Bahrumsyah died in botched suicide attack The Indonesian commander of South-east Asian militants in the ranks of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was killed […]

The Pentagon is reportedly considering proposing President Trump send conventional ground combat forces into Northern Syria for the first time to help speed up the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria […]

‘We want justice over what happened in Umm al-Hiran,’ says Amal Abu Saad Nearly three weeks after the controversial police demolition operation in the Negev Beduin village of Umm al-Hiran, the ex-wife of slain […]

The New York Times published a story by Rukmini Callimachi today which explains how ISIS handlers are using encrypted communication to remote-control attacks on western nations, including the United States. The attackers, who are […]

Other News

Twenty four million voters will decide the fate of candidates from 69 constituencies in the third phase of Uttar Pradesh assembly elections on Sunday. Unlike the previous two phases, the third phase has the [...]

Veterans hoping to use medical marijuana to treat post-traumatic stress disorder have had their hopes extinguished after Republicans shot down the Veterans Equal Access amendment to allow doctors to discuss medicinal cannabis with patients. […]